- Mon ami, tu ne sais pas... eh! bien, j’ai envie de manger aujord’hui à notre diner, du cheval! - Allons, bon... voilà ma femme qui est enceinte!...
Title (alt.):
- My dear, you do not know... eh! but, I think I would love to have for dinner, horse meat! - There, we go... my wife must be pregnant!.... Charivari
Description:
CES BONS BOURGEOIS, a series of only one print, is complementing the large series LES BONS BOURGEOIS, which is surely one of Daumier's more important non-political lithographic oeuvres. In this litograph, a women states she is craving horsemeat for dinner. Because of her craving, her husband remarks that she must be expecting a child. During the 1850's horsemet became a trend. The Veterinary Institute at Alfort, a suburb of Paris supported the consumption of horse meat. Official receptions were organized and horse meat was served at these occasions.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, March 15, 1856.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
